A ten year old Sonny walked out of her bed room one morning, with a angry expression on her face. "Mom! I don't want to go to Texas! I want to hang with Lucy! I don't want to sit on a plane for forever! Don't make me go, please!" Sonny pleaded.
"Too bad Allison Monroe! You are going even though you don't like it. We haven't visited your father's side of the family in a long time." Connie told her stubborn daughter.
"Why do they have to live in Texas then?" Allison asked stubbornly.
"I don't know Allison, but if you are not in the car in one minute you will be grounded for the entire time we are in Texas and you will not be able to go to the park, or any other place that you like." Connie said harshly. Allison sighed, then sadly walked out the door leaving her home for the entire summer.
Allison, and her mom, Connie got out of the car after a long drive to the Wisconsin National Airport. Connie had to threaten Allison to get her out of the car. But, she did, and they both walked into the airport, seeing that their plane was already boarding, Allison and Connie walked on and found their second class seats.
"Mom will you at least tell me how long this flight is, which I'm being forced to go on?" Allison asked in defeat. Seeing how she was forced to go on the plane, she had been, and always has been defeated by her mother.
"Your not going to like this…" Connie warned her daughter.
"Tell me." Allison forced.
"The flight is four hours." Connie said, slowing but calmly.
"FOUR HOURS?" Allison yelled in fury. The two people across from them, looked over at them annoyingly.
"I'm sorry, she doesn't like being on planes." Connie apologized. Then she looked at Allison who was freaking out. "Will you calm down?" Connie asked, harshly.
"I am not staying on this plane for four hours strait!" Allison yelled.
"Yes, missy you are. We are done talking about this. Now do something, and be quiet." Connie said calmly.
Four hours later, Connie and Allison climbed off the plane, and walked toward a man who had a sign saying 'CONNIE AND ALLISON!' That would be Uncle Jim. Mom hugged him, and he looked at me when an amazed expression on his face.
"Wow, look at how you have grown. You must be like 6'2 now!" Uncle Jim said excitedly, pulling Allison in for a hug.
"Actually I am 4'4. You were a little off there." Sonny gave him a smug look. Connie looked at Allison with a angry expression, it said, 'Get rid of that attitude or else!' Allison looked away from her mom almost instantly.
"Sorry Uncle Jim. I was just sitting in a smelly, loud and entirely obnoxious plane for four un wanted hours, I am a little lets say annoyed." Allison apologized, sneaking a look at her mom every couple of words.
"That's ok dear." Jim replied hugging Allison again, but this time Allison hugged back. "Wow, Connie. You sure have one amazing daughter here."
"Yeah, I sure do, sometimes. Sometimes she can be a pain in the you know what." Connie said hinting, not wanting to say anything inappropriate for Allison to hear, and or repeat.
"Well, wanna go to your new home for the next two months?" Jim asked, as he lead Allison and Connie out of the airport to a small but weirdly roomy truck.
Once they all arrived to this huge house, with flowers and everything you could ever imagine in gardens, in the front. A huge, house. It was painted white all around. There were many balcony's. This house looked magnificent, and this was only the house side. Inside, it would probably be huge, and like so many bedrooms, you couldn't even count!
Everyone came into the huge house, more like a mansion. Everything was so neat and tidy. The seating area was huge, it was decorated with the finest of décor, and furniture. With a chandelier hanging from the roof. Uncle Jim showed the kitchen, there were more cupboards then you could ever imagine, the biggest fridge in history! And, it was just perfect! Allison couldn't believe this house, it was a dream house of anyone's and the scary thing was, it was just the first two rooms. Could it get any better?
Next Uncle Jim showed them the library. It was a huge room with many books. More books then the Wisconsin library. There were two floors for this library. A seating area where you could read the books, and thank god for the huge bookshelves there were ladders so they can reach the books on higher shelves. Next her lead them into the gaming room. It was filled with the most awesomest games ever, like pool, air hockey, and every other one you could ever imagine. Next room over there was a work out room, just filled with work out machines.
The next room on the bottom floor was the living room. There was a huge sofa, one that could easily fit ten maybe twelve people. A huge plasma screen TV, more bookcases, Chairs. And some other stuff.
"Does this house feel huge to you right now?" Jim asked.
"Just a little." Allison answered for her mom, and her.
"Well just wait till you see the bedrooms. They are fantastic!" Jim said, as he lead them into the first, and smallest bedroom. It was still huge though.
"Allison this will be your bedroom, see your name is on the door, so if you are ever lost, just look on the door and find your bedroom." Jim said as he took them into the bedroom that would now be Allison's.
Allison's face was shocked. She couldn't believe how huge her bedroom was. There were so many things she could play with, games and a huge TV in her room! There was a book case and everything. And the bed, wow, she couldn't even begin to process this bed. It was a huge bed, bigger then one she had ever had before. Bigger then her moms bed at home!
"I love this room, it is perfect, wow thank you!" Allison yelled into their ears with excitement.
"Now I will show you guys Connie's room then the master bedroom and then you can unpack.
Connie's bedroom was a little bigger then Allison's not equipped with toys, there is more then one book shelve, and a TV also, not too much. But the master bedroom it was huge! Bigger then the two bedrooms put together! Then there was a bathroom it was almost half the size of Allison's bedroom. That is huge for a bathroom that is.
After the tour of the house Allison and Connie started to unpack their room. Allison put up picture frames, making sure it was perfect. Once her bedroom was perfect in just the way she liked it, then she went down stairs and got her mom's phone and started to dial her best friend's Lucy's number.
"Hey Luce, it is me, Allison!" Allison said excitedly.
"OMW, it is you, Allison! How is your summer in Texas going?" Lucy demanded.
"Its good, I have a huge room. It is awesome. You would not believe how huge it is!" Allison said enthusiasm raging in her voice with every word she spoke.
"How huge is it?" Lucy asked.
"HUGE!" Allison said.
"I don't believe you!" The two girls laughed.
"Well I better go. My mom doesn't know I have her phone." Allison laughed.
"Ok, phone me tomorrow!" Lucy said, as Allison ended the call.
My Mom and Uncle Jim stared to walk down the stairs. I quickly put my Mom's phone back and sat on the sofa.
"What are you doing pumpkin?" Connie asked Allison.
"Nothing much. Just sitting here, being bored. I have no idea what to do. I wanna go to the store, but I don't know how much you trust me to let me go by myself…" Allison hinted at the fact that she wanted to go to the store, but wanted to go alone.
"Go honey. Here, I got you a little gift for making you come here without really any say in the matter. I know you are only ten, and that you shouldn't have something like this but seeing as how wonderful of a daughter, and how mature you are, here you go." Connie said, while handing Allison a cell phone. Allison screamed when she touched it.
"OMG! Mom thank you! I am so happy. I have wanted a cell phone for my entire life. I cant believe this is happening! I HAVE MY OWN CELL PHONE!" Allison screamed.
Connie put her hands over her ears. "Now you will help pay the bill, you cannot text on it until you are eleven. Got it? Until you are actually old enough to have it. You are only aloud to phone me, that is it. Got it?" Connie asked.
"So I have the phone in my hands, I am just not aloud to do anything fun with it?" Allison asked, all the excitement escaping out of her expression.
"I guess you could put it like that. Well, have fun. I will call you when you need to start heading home. OK?" Connie asked. Allison nodded and walked out the door, walked down the long walk way and turned left on her way to the best ice-cream shop ever!
After like ten minutes of walking, Allison stopped in front of a store, that said 'Joe's AWESOME Ice-cream!' Thinking this was the place Allison walked through the door and looked at all the flavours of ice-cream she could choose from. Looking confused at the prices, a young boy about her age walked up to her.
"I can see your new." He said with a smile.
"Yeah…" Allison said, turning towards him, then turning her head back to survey the price sheet, it obviously not making any sense to her at all.
"And I am guessing, now this is just a hunch, that you have no idea what this sheet of paper means. And that you need some help figuring it out…?" The young boy asked.
"Yes. Can you help me?" Allison asked.
"I would be delighted." He said. "Now, this means it is 1.50 for a small that is this cup, and this one is 2.50 for a medium, which is this cup, and the large is 4.00 and the extra biggest one there is, is 5.50. I was confused when I first came here, but I was also only seven. So I can understand your confusment." He said.
"Yeah. Me and my mom are here for the summer. Visiting family. I normally live in Wisconsin." Allison said, politely.
"That's cool. I live here, in Texas. Unfortunately, you came here at the warmest of times. In Summer it gets go hot, it is almost unbearable. But, living here for my entire life, I start to be able to bare it." He smiled.
"I'm sorry but I don't think I caught your name…?" Allison said, calmly.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I always forget about that! My name is Chad Cooper. My friends call me The Chadster!" Chad said. It was a lie on the last part, but who cares.
Allison laughed a little to herself. "Oook, then. I don't know if I believe that part. But I will go along with it for your sake. My name is Allison Monroe." Allison smiled, extending her hand to shake Chads. Once they let go, they just starred into each other's eyes. Chad could already see that he liked this girl, she was happy, and funny, and well perfect.
"Do you wanna help me pick my ice cream?" Allison asked.
"Sure, I will get some too, and buy yours if that is alright." Chad said politely.
"Yeah, that is cool." Allison said, as her face blushed a deep color of scarlet. Once they both had their ice-cream they sat at the only un-used table there was and started to talk.
"How old you are Allison?" Chad asked after a moment of silence, while they ate their ice cream.
"I am ten, almost turning eleven. You?" Allison asked.
"I am Eleven already. I turned eleven three or four months ago. I am a little bit older then you. When is your birthday Allison?" Chad asked, throwing random questions her way to get to know her better.
"July 25th." Allison said simply.
"Ohh, wow. You will be in Texas for your birthday?" Chad asked, clarifying.
"Yeah. Do you wanna come? There will only be my dads family, and no other kids. You wanna come?" Allison asked.
"I would love to come to your birthday, Allison!" Chad said excitedly.
Allison just smiled, not sure of what to say now.
"Hey do you mind if I give you a nick name?" Chad asked.
"Nope." Allison asked with a little question in her voice.
Chad thought long and hard, and finally, his expression changed and he plopped his head up, "Sonny!"
Allison looked up at him, while eating her ice cream. "What?"
"Sonny. That is your new nick name! Do you like it?" Chad asked.
Allison thought about her new nick name long and hard, and decided she liked it. "I like it."
Chad smiled at her. And they continued to eat their ice-cream.
Allison's phone started to ring, right in the middle of a awkward silence between her and Chad. She looked at the caller ID, it was from her mom.
"Hello, Mom?" Allison asked.
"Hey Honey. You having fun?" Connie asked.
"Yeah. I think I am really going to like it here." Allison said honestly.
"That's good, I knew you would like it here! But it is time to come home!" Connie said.
"Ok, Mom. I will be home in like twenty. See you then." Allison ended the call.
"Who was that?" Chad asked once Allison ended the call with her mom.
"That was my mom. I have to go. Hey! I just thought of a good idea!" Allison enthused.
"What is that?" Chad asked.
"Maybe you could come over to my house?" Allison asked.
"Yeah, I will-wait! I cant phone my mom, which means I cant go. I'm sorry All- I mean Sonny." Chad said apologetically.
"No! You can phone your mom with my phone, as soon as I phone my own mom, to ask permission!" Allison said excitedly.
"Ok!" Chad enthused happily.
Allison dialled the number to her mom's cell phone. She waited for her mom to pick up. After the second ring her mom said, "Hello?"
"Hey Mom. I was wondering if my friend that I met at the ice cream shop could come over for a while tonight?" Allison asked hopefully.
"Sure, if his mom says it is ok, it is ok with me." Connie said to her daughter.
"OMG, thank you mom!" Allison then ended the call and pushed the phone towards Chad. He took it, then started to dial his own house number.
"Hi, Mom. I met this awesome girl, she is new and she wants me to come over to her house for a little today. Can I?" Chad asked once his mom picked up.
"Yeah sure, honey. Just be home by nine. You know the rules. But tomorrow you have to bring her over to our house so I can meet her. If I don't know her, then I don't want you hanging out with her. But I will make an exception because I know you will are mature." Chad's mom, Rebecca said.
"Thank you Mom! I will not disappoint you! I am so happy!" Chad said instantly.
"Your welcome son, now go have fun and be home before nine." His mom ended the call, and Chad gave Allison her phone back.
They both looked into each other's eyes, and excitement ran through them. They got up from their chairs and ran out of the ice cream shop. They stopped for a little then continued to run more to Allison's house.
About ten minutes later they arrived, Allison lead him up the walk way and opened the door. He was shocked when he saw the interior of the house.
"Are you rich or something like that?" Chad whispered into her ear.
"Nope." Allison answered flatly. "I am just living here for the summer." She said also. "This is my dads parents' house. We are visiting."
Connie came out of the kitchen, and ran over to the two children.
"Hi, I am Connie. I am Allison's mom. And you are?" Connie asked, holding her hand out for Chad.
"I am Chad Cooper." Chad said, shacking Connie's hand.
"Mom, can we go up to my room and play?" Allison asked.
"Yeah. I will call you guys when it is time for dinner." Connie said as she made her way back to the kitchen. Chad and Allison raced up the stairs to Allison's room.
Chad took one step into Allison's room and he was amazed at how big, and how much stuff was in there! There were video game's and everything you could dream of for a kids room.
"CAN I LIVE HERE?" Was the first thing that came out of Chad's mouth.
"I'd thought you would react that way." Allison smiled.
"What'd you wanna do?" Chad asked.
"Wanna…?" Allison asked.
"I don't know what it is, so I cant answer." Chad laughed.
"Wanna watch a movie?" Allison asked.
"Sure. Which movie?" Chad asked.
"Umm…. Lion King?" Allison asked, looking through all the movies that were in the room.
"Sure! I love that movie! Don't tell anyone this, but I practically knew it by heart when I was five!" Chad and Allison both laughed, and they sat down on the sofa and started to watch the movie.
About an hour later, Connie came up to the room and said, "Time for dinner kids."
Chad and Allison turned off the TV and raced down the stairs. Allison's grandparents were standing at the bottom of the stairs, when they got down.
"Hi, Allison. We haven't introduced ourselves, yet. We are your grandparents. And who is this fine fellow?" Grandma asked, pointing to Chad.
"This is Chad, I met him at the ice cream shop. He is my new friend." Allison said happily looking at Chad.
"Nice to meet you Chad." Grandma said, as they lead Chad and Allison to the dinning room.
Once dinner was done, Chad and Allison went to the park across the street.
"Wow, I love this park! I used to come here all the time. But I don't usually go here anymore, my mom is so busy lately, and my friends don't like parks anymore." Chad sighed.
"Well now all summer you can come here with me!" Allison enthused as they ran to the play ground. They raced to the top of the playground. They both slid down the slide at once, and laughed when they fell on each other.
Before they new it Connie was coming out to tell Chad it was time to go home. Chad looked at me and smiled.
"See you tomorrow, Sonny?" Chad asked.
"You betcha!" Allison said. Chad pulled her in for a hug, and then Chad started his walk home.
"BYE CHAD!"
"BYE SONNY!"
Allison walked home with her mom. It was eight. "Allison, you go brush your teeth, get in your Pj's Then you will go get into bed and you can read or just sit there for the next hour. When I come up you will be going to sleep, got it?" Connie asked as she finished explaining to Allison what would be going on.
Allison followed her orders, like she usually did and went up stairs and started to brush her teeth, and hair. Then she went into her room and got her pyjama's on and then got into bed. She grabbed her book that she was currently reading, but when she didn't feel like reading she grabbed her song book, and started to write a song that was in her head all day today. (This is actually my song that I wrote J)
Got off the plane.
I could see the beautiful trees ahead of me.
All the nature, surrounded me.
I never felt more at home.
I never thought I was going to say this, but I like it here. Ohh.
Days and nights go past, I can almost see me living here.
I can almost call this place home.
Maybe, I love this place.
Sometimes I wonder if I was supposed to end up here.
All the nature, it makes me weak.
Of all the places I could be, I came here.
The most beautiful place ever.
I never thought I was going to say this, but I like it here. Ohh.
Days and nights go past, I can almost see myself living here.
I can almost call this place home.
Maybe, I love this place.
Visiting family, didn't seem cool.
Now I can see why Mom made me go.
Love.
It is a beautiful thing.
I never thought I was going to say this, but I like it here. Ohh.
Days and nights go past, I can almost see myself living here.
I can almost call this place home.
Maybe I love this place.
I never thought I was going to say this, but I like it here. Ohh.
Days and nights go past, I can almost see myself living here.
I can almost call this place home.
Maybe I love this place.
Yeahh.
I can call this place home.
Love..
I love it here. Yeah…
Connie came in Allison's room about an hour later. "Honey it is time for bed. See you tomorrow." Allison nodded, turned her lamp off and slid under the covers closing her eyes, then fell into a deep sleep.
So that is the first chapter of 'Do I Know You?' I hope you like it. It took me all of two days to write, and re read this chapter. Sorry for the very much longness of it. And trust me, Channy wont be young forever. Luv you guys, and hope you all LOVE this story.
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